Strictly Come Dancing and Top of the Pops will not be featuring in this year’s BBC Christmas schedule as social distancing guidelines have made making certain shows impossible during the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than the usual Christmas special
A DUDLEY store has cancelled its Black Friday sale – and is donating the difference to local children and families. Black Country T-Shirts, which sells gifts promoting Black Country culture, normally reduces prices on selected items like its branded
Staff at Russells Hall Hospital and a local care home have been sent a ‘personal thank you’ by the Prime Minister. Dudley North MP Marco Longhi was so impressed by the care provided by the hospital staff and those at Barchester Broadway Hall Care
IF you don’t know what a burpee is, count yourself lucky. If you do, think of the agony Amy and Stefan Shillingford are inflicting on themselves on Thursday. Actually, you don’t have to think of it, you can watch it play out in front of you on a
A former head of music at a Dudley school has enlisted the support of scores of musicians from across the West Midlands to raise thousands of pounds for the area’s homeless. Anna Downes had refused to be beaten by lockdown and has replaced live
Boris Johnson has announced that England will face tiered coronavirus restrictions until the end of March 2021. The news comes despite the latest successful vaccine trials and rapid tests presenting a “route out of the pandemic”. As the lockdown
A SEDGLEY road is set to close for two weeks next month. Eversley Grove will close from Monday December 7 to Friday December 18, from the junction with Northway and the northern boundary of no.3 Eversley Grove. The alternative route for vehicular
A TEAM of surveyors has started a new website which aims to identify unused parcels of land and buildings ripe for development - and has shortlisted a selection of abandoned sites in Dudley. New website Land Hero, which is run by Hagley based firm
A CAR was seized and the driver reported for motoring offences after police on patrol pulled over a motorist in Netherton. Officers from Brierley Hill Police Station stopped the driver after they spotted the vehicle yesterday (Monday November 23
